No Nonsense with Pamela Wallin

In the wake of political conventions and vaccine rollout dilemmas, our political panel reconvenes to consider election timing, economic choices and leadership. A two part episode with long-time operatives and friends Michael Kirby, Gerald Caplan and Hugh Segal. Follow Pamela Wallin on Social Media: https://twitter.com/NoNonsensePW https://twitter.com/SenatorWallin https://www.facebook.com/SenPamel...

Iron Deficiency impacts 2 billion people worldwide. Guelph entrepreneur and biomedical researcher Dr. Gavin Armstrong commercialized a simple solution - an affordable cooking tool to fortify food with iron called the Lucky Iron Fish. He discusses his work alongside NGOs to fight malnutrition in marginalized communities and how he developed a successful social enterprise.  Follow Pamela Wallin on S...

A landmark Supreme Court decision on the carbon tax has deepened the divide between two Canadas. Sask Energy Minister Bronwyn Eyre on Climate, ‘Carbon Leaking’ (aka lost jobs) and the future of the federation. Follow Pamela Wallin on Social Media: https://twitter.com/NoNonsensePW https://twitter.com/SenatorWallin https://www.facebook.com/SenPamelaWallin/ Music in this podcast is used under a Creat...

 Garry Marr, real estate realist at CoStar News, explores  the housing market across Canada and why telecommuting and changing consumer behaviour is causing a housing bubble. Follow Pamela Wallin on Social Media: https://twitter.com/NoNonsensePW https://twitter.com/SenatorWallin https://www.facebook.com/SenPamelaWallin/ Music in this podcast is used under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC3.0 License htt...

Andre Picard, Canada’s leading health journalist, gives a powerful and real time assessment of the state of our long-term care homes. A  riveting conversation on how the pandemic made a bad situation worse and how we are quite literally killing those who fought to defend this country and our freedoms. Picard  offers us a plan so that our elders are Neglected No More. Follow Pamela Wallin on Social...

Producing Canadian vaccines in-house is key to beating the pandemic. Dr. Volker Gerdts gives us a look at VIDO’s expansion plans and an update on the clinical trials currently underway for their made-in-Saskatoon vaccine. Volker guides us through the process for safe vaccine development and trials, and gives a crash course on how vaccines work with our immune systems to keep us safe from COVID-19....

Three perspectives on MAiD: 81-year old advocate Ron Posno, Darrel Bricker on the growing number of Canadians who want choice, and Jocelyn Downie, professor of law and medicine on where we go now as the debate on Bill C-7 continues. Follow Pamela Wallin on Social Media: https://twitter.com/NoNonsensePW https://twitter.com/SenatorWallin https://www.facebook.com/SenPamelaWallin/

Covid-19 has literally shredded Canada’s decades-old aviation policy – with industry leaders talking about the rebuild taking years, not months.  International travel restrictions keep piling up, regional routes have either been cancelled or cut back to a trickle – all under the shadow of a sector heavily influenced by politics and regional disparities. And now with Air Canada approved to take ove...

The Team at the University of Alberta is on the cusp of a cure for diabetes - all diabetes! Dr. James Shapiro, groundbreaking surgeon and researcher dives deep into the mindset it takes to teach stem cells how to save more than 400 million lives. HEADing to 2022 (Help Eliminate All Diabetes) is a grassroots organization aiming to raise 22 million dollars by 2022 to fund research for a cure to diab...

Vaccines will not only save lives, but are also the key to ignite our economic recovery. The Honourable Perrin Beatty, president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and former cabinet minister, discusses how a rocky vaccine roll out and unpredictable policy-making is hurting the Canadian economy. We take a critical look at Canada’s failure to instate a national pandemic strategy from the b...

Pulling no punches on how to fix the law! The practitioner’s perspective on Medical Assistance in Dying from Drs. Stefanie Green and Lilian Thorpe as they guide us through the realities of assessing  patients and providing MAiD for those in need. Follow Pamela Wallin on Social Media: https://twitter.com/NoNonsensePW https://twitter.com/SenatorWallin https://www.facebook.com/SenPamelaWallin/ Music...

If we have a right to a proud life, then why not in death as well. As experts debate Medical Assistance in dying, we give voice to a man living through it. Ron Posno, a MAID advocate and a likely Alzheimer’s patient, on his quest for the right to die with dignity. Follow Pamela Wallin on Social Media: https://twitter.com/NoNonsensePW https://twitter.com/SenatorWallin https://www.facebook.com/SenPa...

Canada’s vaccine roll out is rocky. The former GlaxoSmithKline CEO Paul Lucas on why the early warning signs were missed and the importance of Canada having its own drug manufacturing capacity. Follow Pamela Wallin on Social Media: https://twitter.com/NoNonsensePW https://twitter.com/SenatorWallin https://www.facebook.com/SenPamelaWallin/ Music in this podcast is used under a Creative Commons CC B...

The author of two stunning books… The Claws of the Panda and the Restoring Democracy in an Age of Populism and Pestilence will make you rethink political participation, our COVID response and China’s dangerous campaign of influence and intimidation. Follow Pamela Wallin on Social Media: https://twitter.com/NoNonsensePW https://twitter.com/SenatorWallin https://www.facebook.com/SenPamelaWallin/ Mus...

In this edition of the Government Analytics webinar series on the Covid economy, I sit down with renown Saskatchewanian Janice MacKinnon and Ontario Financial Accountability Officer Peter Weltman on the provincial and municipal debt loads facing our country. Many thanks, as always to Greg MacDougall and Steve Saunders for organizing these important conversations. Janice MacKinnon is a Fellow of th...

David MacNaughton changed politics, polling and public affairs. He speaks truth to power- and podcasts! Our former Ambassador to Washington on THE relationship  -from Trump to Biden …a rare look from the inside! Follow Pamela Wallin on Social Media: https://twitter.com/NoNonsensePW https://twitter.com/SenatorWallin https://www.facebook.com/SenPamelaWallin/ Music in this podcast is used under a Cre...

Fly me to the moon... great song and music to the ears of Canadian astronauts who will be doing just that. We explore the ethics of privatizing space and the new space race with science writer and self declared  space junkie Elizabeth Howell. Follow Pamela Wallin on Social Media: https://twitter.com/NoNonsensePW https://twitter.com/SenatorWallin https://www.facebook.com/SenPamelaWallin/ Elizabeth...

Western Canada punches way above it's weight when it comes to paying the country's bills. But too often Ottawa turns a blind eye. Gary Mar, CEO of Canada West Foundation on  finding the middle ground between energy and environmental  imperatives. Follow Pamela Wallin on Social Media: https://twitter.com/NoNonsensePW https://twitter.com/SenatorWallin https://www.facebook.com/SenPamelaWall...

To celebrate the holiday season, a candid conversation with musical legend and a long-time friend about his new 'protest' songs (or as he calls them, reality checks!) and his very personal take on the importance of connection in this time of crisis. Follow Pamela Wallin on Social Media: https://twitter.com/NoNonsensePW https://twitter.com/SenatorWallin https://www.facebook.com/SenPamelaW...

Roger Martin, Professor Emeritus at U of T’s Rotman School of Management and prolific business management author discusses the virtues of thinking outside of economic efficiency. Follow Pamela Wallin on Social Media: https://twitter.com/NoNonsensePW https://twitter.com/SenatorWallin https://www.facebook.com/SenPamelaWallin/ Roger Martin online: https://twitter.com/RogerLMartin https://rogerlmartin...

How does Canada stand up to a superpower willing to break the rules? Former Canadian ambassador to China and public servant David Mulroney provides thoughtful advice for governments everywhere. Follow Pamela Wallin on Social Media: https://twitter.com/NoNonsensePW https://twitter.com/SenatorWallin https://www.facebook.com/SenPamelaWallin/ David Mulroney online: https://twitter.com/David_Mulroney h...

How are Saskatchewan small businesses and universities managing as Covid case numbers rise in the Prairies? Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce's Steve McLellan joins us again after an optimistic summer and in Part 2, the University of Regina's Hill and Levine Business Schools' Gina Grandy on the innovative rethinking taking place in campuses across the country as they adapt to the new...

This holiday season, why not support businesses operated by veterans who have successfully transitioned into civilian life? Kathleen Kilgour from Prince's Trust Canada explains Operation Entrepreneur and the over 400 veteran business at BuyVeteran.ca Follow Pamela Wallin on Social Media: https://twitter.com/NoNonsensePW https://twitter.com/SenatorWallin https://www.facebook.com/SenPamelaWalli...

What does the future of Canada's energy industry look like? How will increases in the carbon tax affect your bottom line? Former Liberal MP and 'Gas Price Wizard' Dan McTeague on the price of trendy environmental policies. Follow Pamela Wallin on Social Media: https://twitter.com/NoNonsensePW https://twitter.com/SenatorWallin https://www.facebook.com/SenPamelaWallin/ http://governme...

Former public servant and academic Don Drummond sits down to talk, among other things, about his new report on the economics of Canada's aging population. Hosted By Greg MacDougall and Steve Saunders of Government Analytics Inc. The Ageing Well report can be found here: https://www.queensu.ca/sps/sites/webpublish.queensu.ca.spswww/files/files/Publications/Ageing%20Well%20Report%20-%20November...